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Not Noah’s ark. This was a box, about the size of a small sofa, that contained the two stone tablets of the Ten Commandments. It was holy in every sense of the word – like, “touch it and you die” kind of holy.

In the Bible, they don’t have wings, they don’t sing, nor are there any female angels (unlike that show you used to watch). Real angels are not what they are like in popular culture.

Aside from their literal purpose (a safe haven for those wanted for manslaughter), they also have a symbolic meaning as a bellwether.

The Old Testament law gives consideration and protection to the disadvantaged, such as these three groups, as well as servants and the poor. (This particular phrase, “the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow,” comes up a fair bit.)

“Other” than the Ten Commandments, is what I mean. (That’s next week.) There are a lot. Some rabbinic traditions say 613 in total. I just wanted to give an overview of some of them.

Every 50 years, Jews hit the RESET button on life. Servants were set free, debts were forgiven, and farming paused for two years.

Before a temple (of stone) existed, priests of Israel worshiped in a portable building (with a portable fence) called the tabernacle.

This same word is used in VERY different ways in Scripture. People speak of being #BLESSED by God, but Scripture says WE can bless God, too, and we even see people in the Bible bless each other.

It’s Saturday in the Jewish calendar, but a whole lot more, too.